Full trade, per ESPN sources: Boston Red Sox receive: Sonny Gray and cash St. Louis Cardinals receive: LHP Brandon Clarke and RHP Richard Fitts — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 25, 2025 Red Sox receive: RHP Sonny Gray Cardinals receive LHP Brandon Clarke and RHP Richard Fitts Boston Red Sox Grade: A+ Boston […]
BREAKING: The New York Mets and Texas Rangers are finalizing a trade that would send second baseman Marcus Semien to the Mets and outfielder Brandon Nimmo to the Rangers, sources tell ESPN — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 23, 2025 New York Mets receive: 2B Marcus Semien (due $72 million over the next three) Texas Rangers […]
How many times in Major League Baseball have we seen a team make a run to the Championship Series, or even win a World Series, and, mid-celebration, cut salaries, trade stars, let free agents walk—owners opening up their empty wallets with flies buzzing out—despite making millions from the aforementioned playoff run? First baseman Josh Naylor […]
The days of big-name free agents automatically leaving their cities and showing up in the Bronx the following year are done. The Los Angeles Dodgers are the new home for superstars. MLB GMs need not even call an agent with a Japanese country code at the beginning of their phone numbers. Dodgers bound. The New […]
Nick Kurtz is your 2025 American League Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year! pic.twitter.com/vzz0uIaidS — MLB (@MLB) November 11, 2025 Nick Kurtz was drafted 4th overall, last year. The 4th player selected in the 2024 MLB Draft is the 2025 MLB Rookie of the Year. Back in my day, a first baseman had to travel […]
This is a special peek of the Deadseriousness newsletter Let’s Get This Dread, in which I, Lester Lee, weigh in on hot topics in culture. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. The Toronto Blue Jays own a 3-2 lead in the World Series, Los Angeles Dodgers one game away from a brutal […]
Lounging, sunny Monday, no clouds, birds chirping, vape fumes attacking future me; Sunday’s disappointments escape me. The New York Giants committed 5 consecutive turnovers, losing to a New Orleans Saints team with an equal chance of winning the Super Bowl as you and I. The New York Yankees—game two of the ALDS in Toronto—clobbered by […]
24-year-old me; every thought consumed with seeing that hot red head again. 1am. L train. On the way to sin for a quick grin. Could not imagine having the weight and history of the New York Yankees on my shoulders. Phone battery clinging to 8%. I’m 10 stops away, praying she’s not snoring. Why isn’t […]
It’s 9/11 in New York. 24 years ago, Osama ruined a ton of people’s lives and sent Americans into an impossible-to-win war in the Middle East. Our current president—has taken that baton from Bin Laden and made it his mission to ruin as many lives as possible—one sexual assault at a time. Donald Trump visits […]
You know, in the superhero movies when the good guys finally get into the villain’s secret lair—expecting a one-v-one fight with him—only to be surprised by a reveal of a huge weapon? Like in The Batman when he catches The Riddler and then, surprise—The Riddler blows up a dam and floods Gotham—or surprise—the president is […]
As long as I live, I will never forget Aroldis Chapman smiling like the cheshire cat—after giving up a walk-off homer run to Jose Altuve to lose the ALCS. In case YOU forgot, here is one of the worst nights of my life: HOUSTON WALK OFF TO THE WORLD SERIES 😱 WOW (via @FOXSports)pic.twitter.com/1HTuVSRZHg — […]
Corruption is up double digits right now. And Texas just stole the ball again—throwing an oop to themselves off the backboard. The team up 50 now wants to change the rules to make sure they always stay up. Texas’s new proposed redistricting map—the redrawing of district boundaries—will guarantee Republicans 5 more congressional seats. You always […]
Breaking: The Yankees are acquiring 3B Ryan McMahon in a trade with the Rockies, sources confirmed to Jeff Passan. MLB Network was first to report the trade. [image or embed] — ESPN (@espn.com) July 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM Jazz Chisholm started the season at 3rd base but after some below-average defense and squeaky wheels, […]
On Wednesday night, the New York Yankees lost 8-4 to the Toronto Blue Jays thanks to their defense commiting 4 errors in 3 innings. Jasson Dominguez booted a ball in left field. Jazz Chisholm spiked a ball in the dirt in front of Ben Rice. Max Fried spiked a throw to home plate in the […]
When 23 year old Shohei Ohtani arrived in Major League Baseball in 2018, he was the 2nd best hitter on the team behind a still-healthy Mike Trout (who finished 2nd in MVP that season) and, in only 10 starts, proved he was one of the best pitchers on the team as well. He hit 22 […]
Monday night was the 2025 MLB Home Run Derby. Not the most star-studded event ever. Only 2 of the Top 10 home run hitters this season attended the derby (Cal Raleigh and James Wood). Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge and Bryce Harper were busy not destroying their swings in a contest that may or may not […]
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